Las Vegas' OC has a complex relationship with one of the draft's most promising young signal-callers.
The Las Vegas Raiders are in dire need of a young quarterback; that much is clear through five weeks of the 2025 NFL season. Geno Smith doesn't have much of an argument to be the current quarterback in Las Vegas, let alone a pivotal part of the franchise's future plans.
This means that the new regime for the Raiders should draft a young quarterback in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft.